Balsa, Hungary
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Balsa | |
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  Balsa | |
| Coordinates: 48°11′N 21°33′E / 48.183°N 21.550°E / 48.183; 21.550 | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 838 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Balsa is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, a small Jewish community lived in the village, in 1880 100 Jews lived in the village,[1] most of whom were murdered in the Holocaust.[2] The community had a Jewish cemetery.[3]
References
- ^ Hungarian Jewish census
- ^ Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
- ^ Balsa Jewish cemetery
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